First of all, he is one of the first men that Marlow has recognized as an actual human being that is similar to him and on the same level as him because since then, he was just describing the indigenous people and he seemed to strip away all of their human qualities from them until they appeared to be animals. And we see that when he says that he respects the accountant. He respected the fact that this man took the time every day for three years to dress the way he did and to have that appearance. But I don’t think that Marlow really saw why he was doing this.
The accountant does this everyday and has his office all neat to get away from the insanity that affects the people who come to the Congo form Europe. When he keeps his routines, he keeps his sanity. He even goes as far as to try and teach one of the native women how to press the suits. It is like the expression out of sight out of mind. The accountant does not wants to keep his routines alive because if he doesn’t, the Congo and all its insanity will come rushing in and take him over like it has so many other men who have not lasted as long as him. His job of keeping the Congo out of him also comes with being rather heartless when it comes to the natives. For example when the weak dying man comes into him office, he seems indifferent and he only complains about the man’s moaning.
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